Judah Aryeh Leon da Modena. Kerk-Zeeden en de Gewoonten, Die huiden in gebruik zyn onder de Joden.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $500

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author

(CEREMONIES).

printer

Daniel van den Dalen

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1693

Description

Two parts bound in one volume. Dutch text translated from the Italian by Simonville. Four folding engraved plates of Jewish ceremonies: Wedding, Divorce Proceeding, Halitza Ceremony, and Circumcision. Additional elaborately engraved title, historiated initials.

summary

A Dutch translation of Modena’s “Historia de’ Riti Hebraici” (Venice, 1637), a manual of Jewish rituals and customs.

pp. (64), 200, (8), (blank), 203, (4). Lightly foxed. Contemporary vellum. 8vo.

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